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Microscopic Structural Properties Lab
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A lab that explores the origins of physical properties from the structure of materials using X-ray diffraction.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the origins of physical properties from the structure of materials.
The Microscopic Structural Properties Lab studies structural condensed matter physics, clarifying the origins of physical properties from a microscopic perspective through the structure of materials.
Mainly through X-ray diffraction experiments using synchrotron radiation, the lab captures minute structural changes in order to understand the properties of materials.
Its targets center on strongly correlated materials such as transition metal oxides, and range widely to organic semiconductors, coordination complexes, thin films, and surfaces.
New students who join the lab first study diffraction theory and practice experiments using the instruments in the lab.
Key terms
- X-ray diffraction
- A method of directing X-rays at a crystal and determining the arrangement of its atoms from the direction and intensity of the scattered X-rays
- Synchrotron radiation
- Intense, narrow light emitted when the path of accelerated electrons is bent. It is used at large-scale facilities
- Strongly correlated materials
- Materials in which strong interactions between electrons give rise to a wide variety of electrical and magnetic properties
NewsLab news
A paper on hydrogen-doped oxide thin films, first-authored by a doctoral student, was published in Phys. Rev. B
Results on the development of a focusing quasi-elastic scattering instrument, first-authored by a master's student, were published in conference proceedings
Prof. Wakabayashi published a review article on X-ray diffuse scattering in Photon Science
A paper observing surface structure changes of an oxide catalyst for water electrolysis was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ResearchResearch themes
The Microscopic Structural Properties Lab aims to understand the properties of materials by capturing minute structural changes with X-ray diffraction experiments. Research proceeds by using knowledge of condensed matter physics to identify the structural features that matter, measuring them, and examining the physics from the results.
*Illustrative imageCapturing Structural Changes with X-ray Diffraction
Focusing on strongly correlated materials, the lab investigates the dynamic behavior of organic semiconductors and conductors, coordination complexes, glasses, and polymers. The samples it measures range widely, from single crystals to ultrathin films a few nanometers thick, interfaces, and surfaces.
*Illustrative imageSurface Structure Analysis of Functional Materials
The lab also works on structural analysis of the surfaces of functional materials. As an example, it presents results in which the electron density distribution of an organic semiconductor was obtained from experimental data.
*Illustrative imageTime Evolution of Chemical Reactions
As an example of studying the time evolution of chemical reactions, the lab observed the growth of black rust on iron using an advanced measurement method that draws on information science. It found that the process determining how the reaction proceeds differs between the early and later stages of growth.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Microscopic Structural Properties Lab consist of faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorYusuke Wakabayashi
- Associate ProfessorMakina Saito
- Assistant ProfessorTakeshi Hara
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “ESRF Grenoble 5” Brücke-Osteuropa / Public domain (cropped)
- Capturing Structural Changes with X-ray Diffraction: “Plattnerite crystal structure (D'Antonio-Santoro 1980) crystallographic standard alignment” Ra'ike (Wikipedia) / CC0 (cropped)
- Surface Structure Analysis of Functional Materials: “Selfassembly Organic Semiconductor Trixler LMU” Frank Trixler; adapted from LMU/CeNS: Organic Semiconductor Nanostructures / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Time Evolution of Chemical Reactions: “Rust on iron” Laitr Keiows / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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